1938 Chicago White Sox

65-83 • 0.439 Win% • 6th in AL

📊 Season Record

65 Wins
83 Losses
0.439 Win %
6th Rank
709 R 752 RA
Diff -43

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709 Runs Scored
752 Runs Allowed
-43 Run Diff
387K Attendance

📈 vs. 1938 AL Average

Batting Avg .276 1% below the 1938 league average (.280)
OBP .341 4% below the 1938 league average (.355)
SLG .315 8% below the 1938 league average (.341)
Team ERA 4.36 9% better than the 1938 league average (4.79)
Runs Scored 709 14% below the 1938 league average (823 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumComiskey Park
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Home Games 73
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Total Attendance 387,500
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Avg per Game 5,308

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Merv Connors 0.355 2 Hank Steinbacher 0.331 3 Rip Radcliff 0.330 4 Jackie Hayes 0.328 5 Gee Walker 0.305

Home Runs

1 Gee Walker 16 2 Joe Kuhel 8 3 Merv Connors 6 4 Mike Kreevich 6 5 Marv Owen 6

RBI

1 Gee Walker 87 2 Rip Radcliff 81 3 Mike Kreevich 73 4 Hank Steinbacher 61 5 Marv Owen 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Marv Owen 141 577 84 162 0 0 6 55 45 31 6 0.281
Rip Radcliff 129 503 64 166 0 0 5 81 36 17 5 0.330
Mike Kreevich 129 489 73 145 0 0 6 73 55 23 13 0.297
Boze Berger 118 470 60 102 0 0 3 36 43 80 4 0.217
Gee Walker 120 442 69 135 0 0 16 87 38 32 9 0.305
Joe Kuhel 117 412 67 110 0 0 8 51 72 35 9 0.267
Hank Steinbacher 106 399 59 132 0 0 4 61 41 19 1 0.331
Luke Appling 81 294 41 89 0 0 0 44 42 17 1 0.303
Jackie Hayes 62 238 40 78 0 0 1 20 24 6 3 0.328
Luke Sewell 65 211 23 45 0 0 0 27 20 20 0 0.213
Tony Rensa 59 165 15 41 0 0 3 19 25 16 1 0.248
Norm Schlueter 35 118 11 27 0 0 0 7 4 15 1 0.229
Larry Rosenthal 61 105 14 30 0 0 1 12 12 13 0 0.286
Thornton Lee 34 97 14 25 0 0 4 16 0 23 0 0.258
Jimmy Dykes 26 89 9 27 0 0 2 13 10 8 0 0.303
George Meyer 24 81 10 24 0 0 0 9 11 17 3 0.296
Monty Stratton 27 79 17 21 0 0 2 10 2 9 0 0.266
Ted Lyons 24 72 9 14 0 0 0 4 2 9 0 0.194
Merv Connors 24 62 14 22 0 0 6 13 9 17 0 0.355
John Whitehead 32 60 3 6 0 0 0 5 5 15 0 0.100
Johnny Rigney 38 55 1 8 0 0 0 4 1 17 0 0.145
Jack Knott 20 40 0 5 0 0 0 2 2 19 0 0.125
Mike Tresh 10 29 3 7 0 0 0 2 8 4 0 0.241
Johnny Gerlach 9 25 2 7 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 0.280
Frank Gabler 18 21 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.238
Tommy Thompson 19 18 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0.111
Bill Dietrich 8 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0.062
Harry Boyles 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.125
Sugar Cain 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Gene Ford 4 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.167
Jesse Landrum 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.000
Clint Brown 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.500
Bill Cox 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
George Gick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Martin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Uhl 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Thornton Lee 3.49 2 Johnny Rigney 3.56 3 Ted Lyons 3.70 4 Monty Stratton 4.01 5 Jack Knott 4.05

Wins

1 Monty Stratton 15 2 Thornton Lee 13 3 John Whitehead 10 4 Ted Lyons 9 5 Johnny Rigney 9

Strikeouts

1 Johnny Rigney 84 2 Monty Stratton 82 3 Thornton Lee 77 4 Ted Lyons 54 5 John Whitehead 38
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Thornton Lee 13 12 3.49 33 30 1 245.1 94 77
Ted Lyons 9 11 3.70 23 23 0 194.2 52 54
Monty Stratton 15 9 4.01 26 22 2 186.1 56 82
John Whitehead 10 11 4.76 32 24 2 183.1 80 38
Johnny Rigney 9 9 3.56 38 12 1 167.0 72 84
Jack Knott 5 10 4.05 20 18 0 131.0 54 35
Frank Gabler 1 7 9.09 18 7 0 69.1 34 17
Bill Dietrich 2 4 5.44 8 7 0 48.0 31 11
Harry Boyles 0 4 5.22 9 2 1 29.1 25 18
Sugar Cain 0 1 4.58 5 3 0 19.2 18 6
Gene Ford 0 0 10.29 4 0 0 14.0 12 2
Clint Brown 1 3 4.61 8 0 2 13.2 9 2
Bill Cox 0 2 6.94 7 1 0 11.2 13 5
Bob Uhl 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 0
George Gick 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.0 0 1

👥 Roster (36)

Luke Appling Boze Berger Harry Boyles Clint Brown Sugar Cain Merv Connors Bill Cox Bill Dietrich Jimmy Dykes Gene Ford Frank Gabler Johnny Gerlach +24 more

36 players

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